Plans for a new £90 million technology park near Oxford are set to go-ahead after being approved by Cherwell District Council.

The planning committee agreed plans to build the new £90 million Oxford Technology Park on land south of Langford Lane in Kidlington.

Speaking at the meeting, councillor David Hughes, said: “It is a fantastic opportunity given its proximity to nearby homes and it is a site close to other technology companies.”

Councillor Michael Gibbard said that the site will now transform the run-down area.

He said: “For about 16 years it has been left to waste and I certainly support this application.

“This plan really serves to join up the bits of Kidlington and the technology park will bring about prosperity to the area as more jobs will be created as a result of this.

“It would without a doubt increase the Kidlington envelope and I would recommend approval.”

As part of the 40,000 sq m park – likely to open in 2025 – there would be two three-storey buildings and smaller buildings for offices, labs and warehouses.

It is expected to create about 1,250 jobs.

Earlier this year, government inspector, Nigel Payne, was called in to visit the site as it lies in the Green Belt.

After assessing the development’s impact, he concluded it would have “overall minimal impact” on the environment.

The land is owned by Agnus Bates of Hill Street Holding, which will be working in partnership with Bloombridge Development Partners. Construction will start in early 2016.

This important long term contract has a potential value of £210 million.

Mobilisation for the programme will commence this month with works starting in April 2016.

Mulalley has worked in partnership with Croydon Council for the past ten years delivering their Decent Homes contracts as well as their External Re-decoration and associated repairs contract.

Mulalley Operations Director Bruce Benson said: “We are thrilled to have won this significant contract continuing Croydon Council’s transformation of their housing stock.

“I think this win highlights the strength of our team, our approach to partnering and the quality and value of the work we have delivered over the last ten years.

We look forward to using our local knowledge and expertise and again providing employment for local supply chains, training and apprenticeships, to make a considerable difference to the Croydon area over the coming years.”

Housing developer Lovell has been selected by the Tirion Group to transform a former paper mill site in Cardiff with 800 brand-new homes.

Tirion is a not-for-profit organisation, initially created through a partnership between Welsh Government and Principality Building Society.

The development of the £100 million new urban village at the 53-acre former Arjo Wiggins Paper Mill site, in Canton, to the west of the city centre, is one of Wales’ largest urban regeneration programmes.

The construction programme is expected to create over 1,000 jobs, many for people living locally.

David Ward, chief executive of the Tirion Group, said: “This major regeneration programme will bring new life to one of Cardiff’s biggest brownfield sites creating urgently-needed quality homes in a sought-after location close to the city centre.

“We’re delighted to be working with the Tirion Group on this scheme which will also deliver considerable employment and training opportunities, including apprenticeships, for local people throughout the construction programme as well as new infrastructure and community facilities.”

Work began in December 2015 on the creation of the infrastructure for the development which will feature a tree-lined main boulevard with leafy ‘green streets’ branching off it.

Construction of the new homes will begin in Autumn 2016 with the first 102 homes for Tirion set to be completed by the end of 2017 and the development of 358 homes for sale set to be finished in 2022.

Plans to convert an iconic flour mill into a new centre for business and enterprise that will create 20,000 new jobs in East London have been given the go-ahead.

The new tech and creative hub for the east of the city with 5 million square feet of business space and 3,000 new homes will be built on a 62-acre site at Silvertown Quays in the Royal Docks.

The land, which also includes the Millennium Mills, is owned by the Greater London Authority and is the largest undeveloped site at the docks. A unique cluster of purpose built centres for product innovation will be built there as well as a school, cafes, restaurants, galleries and public spaces.

Work began earlier this year, following a £12 million government investment secured by the Mayor of London, to demolish parts of the interior of the former flour factory and rid it of asbestos in order to fast track redevelopment. That work means the site will be ready to welcome the next generation of start-up business by 2017.

Redevelopment forms the centrepiece of a wider £3.5bn project, led by the GLA’s development partners the Silvertown Partnership. It is anticipated the redevelopment will attract 13 million visitors a year and will contribute £260 million each year to London’s economy.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson MP, said: “By breathing new life into this wonderful old flour mill we can rejuvenate this area of east London and contribute some serious dough to the capital’s economy.

“Silvertown Quays will provide thousands of new jobs and thousands of much-needed new homes and facilities for local people as we return the area to its former glory.”

Sir Stuart Lipton, who leads The Silvertown Partnership, said: “This energetic and exciting new London destination will also bring forward 3,000 new homes, thousands of jobs and long term benefits for the local and London economy.”

The Prime Minister announced today that the government is to step in and directly commission thousands of new affordable homes.

In a radical new policy shift, not used on this scale since Thatcher and Heseltine started the Docklands, the government will directly commission the building of homes on publicly owned land.

This will lead to quality homes built at a faster rate with smaller building firms – currently unable to take on big projects – able to get building on government sites where planning permission is already in place.

The first wave of up to 13,000 will start on four sites outside of London in 2016, expecting to create thousands of new jobs in the construction trades.

The Government is also today announcing a £1.2bn Starter Home Fund to prepare brownfield sites for new homes. This will fast-track the creation of at least 30,000 new Starter Homes and up to 30,000 market homes on 500 new sites by 2020 – helping deliver the commitment to create 200,000 starter homes over the next five years.

The new investment will help kick-start regeneration and secure planning permission in urban areas – renovating disused or under-occupied urban sites so builders can get to work without any delays.

Prime Minister David Cameron said: “This Government was elected to deliver security and opportunity – whatever stage of life you’re at. Nothing is more important to achieving that than ensuring hardworking people can buy affordable homes.

“Today’s package signals a huge shift in government policy. Nothing like this has been done on this scale in three decades – government rolling its sleeves up and directly getting homes built.

“Backed up with a further £1.2 billion to get homes built on brownfield sites, it shows we will do everything we can to get Britain building and let more people have the security that comes with a home of their own.

Communities Secretary Greg Clark said: “We’re pulling out all the stops to keep the country building with a clear ambition to deliver a million homes by 2020 and support hard-working people into home ownership.

“Today’s radical new approach will mean the Government will directly commission small and up-and-coming companies to build thousands of new homes on sites right across the country.”

Currently the top eight house builders provide 50 per cent of new homes. The direct commissioning approach will support smaller builders and new entrants who are ready to build but lack the resources and access to land.